"Salvation is of the LORD." -Jonah 2:9

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ”   (Ephesians 1:3, KJV).    Rowland Hill was a gospel preacher in London, England in the mid 1800’s.  It is said that a kind and generous person in his congregation gave him a hundred pounds ($125.00 in US currency) to be distributed to a poor country preacher, a little at a time.  The pastor sent five pounds in an envelope with a short note to the needy preacher that simply read “More to follow.”  After a few days, he sent him five more pounds, again with a note which read “More to follow.”  In a few days’ time, the country preacher received another envelope containing another five pounds, with the same motto, “And more to follow.”  This continued till the entire amount had been received and the astonished preacher was well familiar with the cheerful words, “More to follow;” they were imprinted in hi...

“The wages of sin is death…and sin, when it is finished bringeth forth death.”   -Romans 6:23 & James 1:15 [KJV]             Satan will always try to hide the true price of sin.  When tempted, let us believe God.  Sin only has one end, Death. The blood bought child of God will never experience eternal death for their sin,  Christ bore that for them.  However, sin always brings with it a death sentence of one sort or another.  It brings the death of joy, comfort, peace and assurance. It often costs the death of relationships, even marriages. It can bring the death of one’s testimony. Some sins even cause the death of the physical body. One way or the other sin only has one end. Death. Satan is a liar. He always hides a hook in the bait of sin.                          ...

"If ye do these things, ye shall never fall." -II Peter 1:10 [KJV] What things? add to your faith every Christian grace and good work. If ye live in the exercise of grace, and the discharge of duty, ye shall never fall. But it is here plainly implied, if ye do not these things, ye certainly will fall. How fall? Into all manner of sin; yea, and into hell too, if the Lord Christ keep you not. But He most assuredly will keep all His sheep from thus falling. For He hath said, They shall never perish—I give unto them eternal life. But what evidence can any one have that he is Christ’s sheep, if he do not hear His voice, and obey His word?  My dear fellow-sinner, deceive not thy own soul. Beware of corrupt notions, and unscriptural ideas. It is most true, salvation is sure. Every one who believes in Christ shall most assuredly be saved. But surely there is such a thing, as living and walking close with Christ—cleaving to Him with full purpose of heart, cheerfully obey...

“The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son” (Matthew 22:21 KJV) .     We learn from this that the King of Heaven does all things for the glory of His Son.  While it is true that Christ is God’s unspeakable gift to us, that is the benefit the church receives because the church is God’s gift to His Son!  He gave the church to Christ, to be His bride. By His work on her behalf, He has made her His perfect bride, and is glorified by what He did on Calvary’s tree to make her His bride.  Yes, He is God’s gift to the church, but it is because the church is God’s gift to Him!  If that is not believed and understood, it makes us God’s great end and not the glory of His Son!   -copied

  Be still my soul, submit, rejoice, God governs everything; Bow down and worship at His feet, And praise the sovereign King.   Our Father’s will forever stands, And changed it cannot be; Jehovah reigns throughout the world, By absolute decree.   God is the Ruler over all, His will shall none frustrate; For who could challenge or defeat The mighty Potentate?   ‘Tis here that troubled saints shall find, Joy, comfort, peace and rest; In all things see the will of God, For what He does is best.   So let us lean upon the Lord, Trusting His tender care; Rejoicing in His perfect will, And never more despair.   TUNE “AM I A SOLDIER OF THE CROSS?” CM WORDS BY JIM BYRD

" The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth from all sin." -I John 1:7 [KJV] Most precious truth for guilty sinners! Lord, help us most deeply to consider what is implied in these words. See the exceeding sinfulness of sin. It has brought these dreadful evils upon us. Loss of God’s image. Obnoxiousness to His wrath. Rejection from His presence. For we are by sin totally unclean. The pollution of sin has brought the curse of God’s law upon us, armed His justice, shut His kingdom against us, and opened the gates of hell to us. The bitter cries and exquisite torments of the damned in hell, will eternally proclaim the malignancy of sin. The everlasting songs of the saints in glory, will for ever proclaim the praises of the Lamb, Who washed them from their sins in His own blood.  This proves the curse and defilement of sin. The blood of Jesus Christ, and that alone, cleanseth from all its deepest stains. O the infinite love of the Son of God, to shed His blood for g...

  Be still my soul, submit, rejoice, God governs everything; Bow down and worship at His feet, And praise the sovereign King.   Our Father’s will forever stands, And changed it cannot be; Jehovah reigns throughout the world, By absolute decree.   God is the Ruler over all, His will shall none frustrate; For who could challenge or defeat The mighty Potentate?   ‘Tis here that troubled saints shall find, Joy, comfort, peace and rest; In all things see the will of God, For what He does is best.   So let us lean upon the Lord, Trusting His tender care; Rejoicing in His perfect will, And never more despair.